The New SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

The Future of Medicine is Inspiring

At SSM Health, we believe in the healing power of presence and providing exceptional patient care for all. Our healing heritage spans 147 years in the St. Louis community, where we have built an 802,000 square foot transformational replacement hospital and Ambulatory Care Center on Grand Boulevard, in the heart of Midtown redevelopment. We are pleased to invest in our City’s workforce and economic development.

The Grand New SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, which opened September 1, 2020, houses sophisticated technology and design that supports and elevates our academic-medical partnership with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Private inpatient rooms and convenient outpatient services will better serve diverse patient and family needs.

Our new Emergency Room and Level I Trauma Center is three times larger, to meet the growing critical care needs of 75 outlying partner clinics and nearly 50,000 patients annually, within a 250-mile radius across Missouri and Illinois.

As the largest Medicaid service provider in Missouri, we are committed to serving our most vulnerable populations while operating as a destination hospital where patients choose premier treatment and specialized care. Last year, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital provided more than $80 million in charity care and community benefit, including prevention and wellness programs.

Features

This state-of-the-art academic medical center brings the most advanced patient-centered facilities to the heart of St. Louis to meet the growing needs of our community and support medical advancements and innovation. The hospital responds to the community’s urgent needs through a variety of services including behavioral health, prevention, and emergency medicine.

The new SLU Hospital offers all private inpatient rooms (except the ACE Unit on Level 8) with floor-to-ceiling windows allowing in natural light and beautiful views of the City. The rooms are divided up into three zones, each one specific to the needs of the caregiver, the patient and their family members. The private rooms allow for better patient confidentiality and are adaptable to fit each specific patient’s needs, including ceiling-mounted patient lifts and increased door widths with an additional leaf to better accommodate patient transportation. Each room has its own private bathroom, designed to allow for staff assistance. Digital whiteboards are featured in every room with a patient care portal where patients can order their meals and have access to entertainment and additional hospital information.

Our new 40,000 sq. ft. Emergency Room and Level I Trauma Center is three times larger to meet the growing critical care needs of 75 outlying partner clinics and nearly 50,000 patients annually, within a 250 mile radius across Missouri and Illinois. The Emergency Room, conveniently located beneath the Operating Room for easier access for our trauma patients, features exam rooms, quick-turn rooms, a behavioral health unit as well as its own designated CT and X-ray machines. The five trauma bays are doubled in size and near the ambulance-only entrance, which features an ambulance bay and helipad.

The new Center for Specialized Medicine (CSM) features 200,000 sq. ft. of ambulatory care space housing outpatient clinics for our SLUCare Physician Group. The clinic spaces feature separate patient-only and physician-only spaces. One-stop registration features nine kiosks which allow visitors to check-in. The CSM also features an optical and audio shop on the Garden Level.

The new SLU Hospital features 14 operating rooms and 3 hybrid operating rooms located on the Interventional Platform on Level 1, as well as MRI and CT rooms, labs, procedure rooms, the PACU and a 16-room short stay unit. Two of the ORs have been specially designed for living organ donation, featuring a sterile anteroom for more efficient transfer between the living donor and the recipient.

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